Latin rosa; also Germanic hros, "horse", in older names — rose flower. America's most common middle name for girls.
Rose ranks 114th among American girls in 2025, with 2,386 born that year. Its best year was 1917, when 9,821 babies were given the name, ranking 16th. The typical living American called Rose is about 70 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.29% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.